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After the long winter months, we invite you to escape to the Hebrides to feel rejuvenated aboard a luxury cruise with a heady mix of gourmet meals, gorgeous scenery and close encounters with nature. 

Wow - what a night we had at the Herald Scottish Family Business Awards! We were absolutely delighted to win the Customer Service Excellence Award.  Customer service is the foundation of our family business so we were very proud to be recognised for the importance it plays in running our cruises.  However, unknown to us, the best was yet to come. Completely out of the blue for us, Hebrides Cruises was awarded the overall micro Scottish Family Business of the Year.

When our colleague and friend Dr Conor Ryan suggested a new cruise to the migratory corridor for large baleen whales and sperm whales in the former Hebrides whaling ground, we had to find out more.

Hebrides Cruises is shorlisted as finalist in no less than 4 categories at this years The Herald Scottish Family Business Awards

HWDT have published an incredible digital catalogue of photographs of over 300 individual minke whales submitted by members of the public since 1990.

Spectacular close encounters with whales and other cetaceans on our recent whale watching cruise: report Will Smith

Two spectacular cruise highlights led Ian Woods to compose 2 poems which he read on the final night of the cruise

A celebration to rename and bless our new motor vessel, Lucy Mary, took place today, July 8th, at Oban Bay pontoons in the company of family and friends . 

Our Wildlife Guide, Lynsey Bland sent in this incredible report on the recent Orca sighting during a St Kilda and Outer Hebrides cruise

Twenty seven days and 3,800 sea miles after leaving Lebanon, our new vessel, Lucy Mary arrived safely in Oban on June 3rd.

A Private Cruise Charter aboard one of our vessels is often described by our guests as a dream come true and the holiday of a lifetime

We are delighted to share our very exciting news that Hebrides Cruises has purchased a third luxury vessel

When we embarked on the Green Tourism Scheme, we had no idea what a commitment this would be. The Green Tourism team give us such a lot of positive support and encouragement, while at the same time identifying the further challenges that we need to face to continue to improve